>Shinji is a pussy.
>I'd save the world without flicking an eye.
Do people actually believe they would be canon heroes in a stereotypical anime situation? Fuck outta here.
>>160009365
people want to believe it, the sad truth is that most would be unable to do the things Shinji forces himself to do
>>160009365
>Do people actually believe they would be heroes.
The threat of the world ending and x person being only one to save it is enough to motivate the average person to undertake a task they might not want to do or know they are scared of doing, but will do out of duty anyways because its the right thing to do and it keeps them/family/friends alive
Shinji pussied out completely.
>>160009438
This
Then again, he's a kid smack bang in the middle of puberty with parent issues. I was fucked up at his age too so it's hard to say if I could have done better
You can argue the same for Asuka.
>>160009438
Hell no. People fuck family and friends over all the time in real life for money and other less important things. No way I believe that the average person would sacrifice themselves for the "greater good" at the moment of truth.
>>160009438
He did undertake the task though. He defeated something like 10 angels before giving up, which is like saving the world 10 times. What more could you ask from a 14 year old kid?
>>160009614
And his situation was worse than most teenagers Id say.
only pussys are afraid of 100 feet monsters
that make you feel like your arms being ripped off
>>160009365
>>160009414
>>160009438
>>160009492
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>>160009614
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>>160010505
Literally any user of 4chan would piss and shit themselves into a crying puddle on the floor if asked to actually pilot a 100 foot tall robot that you can feel the damage from in your body, fighting against an apocalyptic monster that can and will destroy the entire planet if you fail.
Shinji actually handled it amazingly well, the fact he actually beat multiple world-ending monsters puts him on a level above pretty much any other human alive in terms of bravery/skill.
>Shinji
>>160010669
wtf ive never seen Kawrou x Asuka before
>>160009365
Easily 6/10 guys minimum would be willing to jump into danger to save people. Shinji had low testosterone and high neuroticism, he was basically a woman.
>>160009365
Shinji is an emotionally damaged adolescent with no sort of combat training or indoctrination forced to operate a device that messes with his mind and damages is already fragile psyche.
It's fun to self insert into the situation and think, "fuck yeah, I'd totally kick ass" but that's not the point. Chances are if you were in the same situation under the same circumstances you'd buckle. There is only so much any person could take before they break. Don't believe me? Talk to any combat veteran, I mean have a REAL conversation.
>>easily 5/6 guys who jump in danger are making a dumb choice
>>160009438
There are three moments in the entire show, including the movie, where Shinji "pussies out." The first is towards the start, where he runs away because he's afraid to fight giant aliens, which is completely reasonable. He comes back after that very shortly and resumes piloting the Eva. The second time, and you can barely even consider this him pussying out, is when he's kicked out of Nerv and not readily available to help Asuka and Rei with the extendo arms angel. Despite being told to fuck off, Shinji comes back to Nerv on his own volition to stop the angel. The last time is in EoE, where he's not willing to pilot the Eva to help Asuka kill the MPEs. He doesn't want to go and even can't go at first because of the red shit sealing up Unit 01, but he IMMEDIATELY goes out once it frees itself. I don't know where you're getting the idea that Shinji is a pussy from, but I'd imagine you only watched the Rebuilds to look cool for your friends on Tumblr.
>>160010592
>Ritsuko opens a broadcast through the entire Geofront to chastise you for shitting in the plug suit
>Maya almosts pukes
>Everyone laughs at you at school
>>160010793
That's absolutely incorrect. Watch some documentaries about child abduction. People have done tests where they take kids into a major city and ask them to pretend they're being kidnapped by a stranger and it'll take ages for people to do anything. I saw one once where there were literally dozens of people passing by and it took nearly 40 minutes for somebody to step in.
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>>160009365
It's still a shitty story of predestined children, covered up with the most inane excuse they could find to make them pilot big mecha.
>>160009438
>>160009492
I don't get it.
He ALWAYS gets in the robot and fights.